Combined shirtwaist or blouse and suspenders



1955 F. A. ROBINSON COMBINED SHIRTWAIST OR BLOUSE AND SUSPENDERS Filed Jan. 21, 1952 Flornce J7. Robinson INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent COMBINED SHIRTWAIST OR BLOUSE AND SUSPENDERS Florence A. Robinson, Washington, D. C.

Application January 21, 1952, Serial No. 267,329

1 Claim. (Cl. 2-107) This invention relates to wearing apparel, and particularly wearing apparel of the shirtwaist or blouse type, the primary object of the invention being to provide suspenders as forming a part of the garment, the suspenders being so constructed and arranged that they will be invisible at all times, thereby eliminating the unsightly appearance of suspenders worn exteriorly of the garment, as is common practice.

An important object of the invention is to so arrange the suspenders within the garment that the suspenders will receive the strain incident to the supporting of trousers, with which the shirtwaist or blouse is used.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing,

Figure 1 is a front elevatioual view of a shirtwaist or blouse equipped with suspenders constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view with one side of the shirtwaist or blouse turned back to illustrate the suspenders.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental detail view illustrating the manner of positioning and securing the suspenders under one of the edges of the garment.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 indicates the garment which may be in the form of a shirtwaist, blouse or the like, with which the suspenders are used.

The suspenders embody a pair of lengths of cloth material, preferably of the type of which the shirtwaist or blouse is constructed. However, it is to be understood that if desirable, the suspenders may be constructed of suitable elastic material.

The straps of cloth material constituting the suspenders are indicated by the reference character 6, and as shown each strap of cloth material is folded intermediate its ends, and secured to the garment as at 7, and at points at the sides of the neck band, as clearly shown by the drawing. These straps of cloth material of which the suspenders are constructed embody front suspender sections 8 and back suspender sections 9, the back suspender sections crossing each other at the back of the garment, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, while the front suspender sections 8 are spread laterally and connect with the inner surface of the front portions of the garment at points 10.

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The back suspender sections 9 connect with the back of the garment, at 11, the connections between the sections of the suspenders and the garment, being made by the stitches employed in securing the eyes 10 to the outer surface of the garment, the stitches passing through the garment to connect with the suspenders supported within the garment.

It will be noted that the points of connection between the suspenders and shirtwaist or blouse, indicated at 10 and 11, are spaced from the ends of the sections of the suspenders, so that the eyes 10 may be readily removed and attached nearer to the free ends of the suspenders, when it becomes necessary to make this adjustment to compensate for the growth of the child wearing the garment.

It might be further stated that the suspender sections when they have been folded intermediate their ends, are positioned so that the lines of stitching or threads may be passed through the suspenders and garment to secure the suspenders at the shoulders of the garment or adjacent to the neck band.

It will of course be understood that the suspenders are secured to the shirtwaist or blouse in such a way that there will be a certain amount of fullness of the shirtwaist or blouse at the points of connection between the suspenders and garment to throw the entire strain necessary in supporting trousers by the suspenders, on the suspenders.

In using the invention, it is to be understood that the trousers, not shown, with which the shirtwaist or blouse is used, will be provided with hooks disposed at the inner surface of the waistline of the trousers to cooperate with the eyes which are secured to the garment and suspenders, to support the trousers.

While I have shown and described the suspenders as used with shirtwaists or blouses, it is to be understood that it is within the scope of the invention to use the suspenders by securing them to the inner sides of any type of garment.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed A combined shirtwaist and suspenders, comprising suspender sections, each suspender section comprising a length of cloth material folded upon itself intermediate its ends providing front and back strap sections, said sections being secured to the shirtwaist at points on opposite sides of the neck of the shirtwaist, the back strap sections crossing each other at the back of the shirtwaist, fastening members adapted to be positioned over buttons of trousers with which the suspenders are used secured to the outer surface of the shirtwaist and fastened by stitching extending through the shirtwaist and front and back strap sections of the suspenders, the portions of the strap sections between the fastening members being free of the shirtwaist and the portions of the shirt between the fastening members and points of connection of the suspenders with the neck of the shirt being greater than the length of the suspenders between the neck of the shirt and fastening members, providing fullness in the shirt adjacent to said fastening members.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 783,421 Carr Feb. 28, 1905 1,130,216 Thayer Mar. 2, 1915 1,466,020 Kozloif Aug. 28, 1923 1,604,067 Norris Oct. 19, 1926 2,315,698 Gluckmann Apr. 6, 1943 

